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From: u-dmfloy%ug.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Daniel M Floyd)
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Subject: Re: Does partitioning speed up access time?
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Date: 12 Jan 90 08:50:49 GMT
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Partitioning does not speed up the access time. However, your
apparent disk speed will improve because the time it takes to
do many disk operations is a function of the disk size. For example
average seek time will improve - not because the disk itself can
find data quicker, but because all your data will be clumped together
by partitions.

Dan Floyd
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